Fox hunting is no longer legal in Britain. But there’s a new blood sport this autumn - Russell Brand hunting. Members of the ‘hegemonic consensus’ supporting Elite Journos Club have been competing with one another to see who can write the most condescending and ‘eviscerating’ reviews/articles on Brand and his new book ‘Revolution’. Brand was acceptable when he was doing stand-up comedy and keeping off the politics, but now that he’s dissing the British system of parliamentary democracy and calling for radical change it’s open season on him. It’s a case of “Set the hounds on that bearded ‘semi-literate’ hippy! Tally ho!” Brand has crossed several red lines. He opposes the elite’s policy of endless war - in which other people’s children, but not theirs, are put at risk. He’s addressed anti-austerity rallies. He’s appeared on RT with Max Keiser. He paid a call to Julian Assange at the Ecuador Embassy.He cites Noam Chomsky. And on top of all that there is the fact that he’s from the wrong side of the tracks. While it’s true that Brand isn‘t everyone’s cup of tea- and that some of his ideas on revolution need further development - there’s a nasty snobbishness about many of the attacks he’s been subjected to.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:22:04 +0000